If countries of the Asia-Pacific are to realise the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, they must work together to solve the connectivity, pollution, and congestion issues facing the region, Shamshad Akhtar writes.

Growing competition between China and Japan as they vie for lucrative infrastructure contracts could revolutionise the development aid model, but a humanitarian approach must prevail, Kris Hartley writes.

Mineral resource governance has long been a sticking point in international relations, and big improvements are needed to realise the Sustainable Development Goals. But a new UN body – the International Resource Panel - has been set up to lead the charge. Australia’s representative on the panel Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt explains how the group aims to tackle some big questions.